Title: Cub in the Landscape

Location & Date: Highwood Pass, Kananaskis Country | July 2012

Camera Set-Up: Nikon D800 w/ Nikon 300mm f2.8

Shutter Speed: 1/500

Aperture: 2.8

ISO: 1600

Note:

This was the yearling grizzly cub of the white sow that I’ve known and photographed since she was a cub of the year in Kananaskis Country. We were lucky enough to find these bears at 5am one morning and though it was dark, the backdrop lightened up the setting enough to capture this image at a reasonable ISO. Interestingly, the sow and cub never looked up unless a certain type of car engine drove by – the same kind used by rangers who ‘cracker’ the animals to get them away from the road. And people say bears aren’t smart…